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Filmmaker Toolkit Podcast

6 Films the Inspired 'The Substance'
Filmmaker Interview
Coralie Fargeat tells IndieWire how films by Stanley Kubrick, David Lynch, David Cronenberg, the Coen brothers, John Carpenter, and Darren Aronofsky left their imprint on her and "The Substance."
AMERICAN PRIMEVAL. Taylor Kitsch as Isaac in Episode 101 of American Primeval. Cr. Justin Lubin/NETFLIX © 2024
The director of "American Primeval" stops by IndieWire's Filmmaker Toolkit podcast to talk about how he embarked on the toughest shoot of his career.
SING SING, Colman Domingo, 2023. © A24 / Courtesy Everett Collection
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Director Greg Kwedar breaks down the one-shot reunion scene that ends the film and carried such an emotional punch his star didn't think he could handle the final embrace.
ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT, Kani Kusruti, 2024. © Janus Films /Courtesy Everett Collection
Filmmaker Toolkit
Filmmaker Payal Kapadia takes IndieWire inside how she made one of 2024's very best films.
Lily-Rose Depp stars as Ellen Hutter in director Robert Eggers’ NOSFERATU, a Focus Features release.
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Filmmaker Interview
Images of the “Nosferatu” vampire are still under wraps, but Robert Eggers and prosthetic makeup designer David White break down the inspiration, process, and look for Skarsgard’s character. 
'A Complete Unknown'
The "A Complete Unknown" director tells IndieWire's Filmmaker Toolkit podcast how he consistently gets the best from his performers.
NOSFERATU, Lily-Rose Depp, 2024. ph: Aidan Monaghan / © Focus Features / Courtesy Everett Collection
Filmmaker Toolkit
The filmmaker tells IndieWire about coming full circle as a director, eight years after announcing he’d be making "Nosferatu" on the Toolkit podcast.
INSIDE OUT 2
Filmmaker Toolkit Podcast
The director of "Inside Out 2" tells the Filmmaker Toolkit podcast about making his feature directorial debut on the Pixar sequel.
'The Brutalist'
Filmmaker Toolkit
How Brady Corbet, the cinematographer, and the composer pulled off the chaotic, overwhelming feeling of emerging under the looming Statue of Liberty. 
'Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes' 20th Century Studios
Filmmaker Toolkit

Coming off the advances of James Cameron's "Avatar: The Way of Water," Wētā FX's technology hits the road to produce a very different type of performance capture film. 
'Nickel Boys' Director RaMell Ross
Filmmaker Toolkit
Inspired by George Miller, and building off his documentary “Hale County,” Ross details why his orthodox process of adapting Colson Whitehead’s novel started out wordless. 
Angelina Jolie and Pablo Larraín attend the 'Maria' Headline Gala during the 68th BFI London Film Festival
Filmmaker Toolkit
Director Pablo Larraín tells IndieWire's Filmmaker Toolkit podcast about his approach to true stories and how he arrived at his film's striking opening.
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